Prize Roosters for Sale 1906 Real Photo Postcard kimono some aging and a bit

some aging and a bit of light cracking to the deep red lacquer on the bottom and interior

and then rounded on the bottom to sit nicely on whatever surface one might choose to display it

3) a column at the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna

or spread across the surface of a mid-century credenza

apparently once denounced shredded wheat as tasteless: "like eating a whisk broom

Prize Roosters for Sale 1906 Real Photo Postcard kimono some aging and a bitScribner, Nebraska, Dec. 17, 1906. "Dear Sir I reed your letter and was very much pleased. I will ship the rooster tomorrow night. Yours truly." And then at top, "I will ship by Express." I can't quite read the signature, but the recipient seems to have been a Mr. John Ass. (?) The photo is a bit dark, but pretty fabulous, complete with a trophy exactly at the center, above which one rooster is precisely perched one assumes the first prize winner,